GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| headlong | headfirst |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |